It's fine - Software Engineer Alarm.com Employee Review

3.0
19 Jun 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Very nice people for the most part * Hybrid work M/T/Th in office, W/F wfh - it's very nice * They're very lenient on WFH on in-office days if you want/need * Fun codebase, you will always be learning new things.

Cons

* Company has gone downhill a bit in the last 2-3 years. We've had a layoff each year, a few team reorgs, and general increase in pressure for SEs. * Communication is absolutely terrible. You will often have to play PM for projects and delays due to communication errors are frequent. * Lack of care from upper management, ends up causing the communication issues mentioned above. * Burnout is pretty common. * Pay is meh, you will definitely feel like you dont get paid enough for the work you put in. Overall, I think it's a good first job, but dont stick around b/c there's better options out there.

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5.0
4 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great company and general benefits

Cons

Very low salary without a rise in the last year and a half

5.0
7 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people there are great. Everyone I met was very personable and very fun to talk to and work with. Office events are actually fun and not a chore. No pressure, and overall a very relaxed environment. You can get your work done on your time (for the most part), and the work-live balance is great. I've heard that the pay for full-time SWEs is below average, but IMO that's an exaggeration. The pay for interns is very good. I've found that many SWE internships in Kansas only pay ~$15 an hour, but Alarm.com paid more than double of that. They also paid all-expense for me to fly out to their HQ in D.C. twice.

Cons

The codebase is pretty confusing at times, and there aren't many clear places to wrap your full head around it. That might've just been because I was an intern and didn't go through the "full" training, but I digress. They began implementing an "AI-first" approach during my time there, which did worry me a bit. However, they're not a company I'd expect to make mass layoffs (nor have they ever had mass-layoffs before for SWEs).

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